Environment China is a weekly bilingual podcast from the Beijing Energy Network. The show features conversations with advocates, entrepreneurs, and experts working in the environmental field in China. We are looking to learn how they do their work, what new strategies and solutions they have found, and why now is the right time for real and positive changes in China’s environmental field.

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Have you ever crossed frozen rivers to climb
4,000-meter ridges in search of snow leopards? This is a normal day
"in the office" for Dr Justine Shanti Alexander. As a Regional
Ecologist for the Snow Leopard Trust, Justine supports snow leopard
research and conservation efforts in China and Mongolia to further
safeguard the species. The cats live in the border regions of
Central Asia, spanning 12 countries; the home range of males has
been estimated to cover up to 200 km squared - that is half the
size of Barbados. Due to the sheer expanse of their range in high
remote mountain areas, it is difficult to quantify the population
size, but it is guestimated that less than 10,000 individuals
remain. Justine tells us how she tracked snow leopards during her
PhD and now works with Shanshui (featured in our episode "Nature
Conservation: There's an app for that"), training herders working
in snow leopard habitats to help protect them. Our guest discusses
how saving snow leopards can have trickle down effects, protecting
their prey, grasslands, and the local people who coexist with them.
China holds 60% of the global snow leopard habitat and therefore
plays a key role in its conservation. For more information on
Justine's work with the Snow Leopard Trust, visit: www.snowleopard.org

About the Podcast

Environment China is a bi-weekly podcast from the Beijing Energy Network (BEN), a grassroots organization created to help understand and tackle China’s energy and environmental challenges. The podcast features conversations with advocates, entrepreneurs, and experts and aims to highlight innovative solutions for improving China’s environment. We explore how they do their work, what strategies and solutions they have found, and why now is the right time for real and positive progress for China’s environment.